diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/vmOperations.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/vmOperations.hpp
index 3394d53fa98..b68b6fd728b 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/vmOperations.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/vmOperations.hpp
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ class VM_Cleanup: public VM_Operation {
  public:
   VMOp_Type type() const { return VMOp_Cleanup; }
   void doit() {};
+  virtual bool skip_thread_oop_barriers() const {
+    // None of the safepoint cleanup tasks read oops in the Java threads.
+    return true;
+  }
 };
 
 class VM_ClearICs: public VM_Operation {